Lead Driver
Nuffield Health Cambridge HSSU Hub | Sterile Services | Permanent contract | Full time
Up to £33,000 per annum, depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Purpose of the Role:
To lead, support and advise the HSSU driver teams in order to maintain the delivery & collection of medical devices ensuring all customer requirements are completed.
To provide and integrate a professional delivery service for new customers joining Nuffield Health Sterilisation Services.
As a Lead Driver, you will:
* Act as first line manager to a team of drivers in the supply of disinfected and sterile medical devices to customers
* Provide Induction, development and training and involvement in recruitment, performance reviews for both contracted & Agency drivers.
* Maintain accurate and comprehensive vehicle records for all safety compliance requirements
* Provide standby and emergency cover within the context of Drivers Hours Legislation or excessive sickness
* Prepare and participate for all external accreditation audits to ensure transport compliance.
* Legally maintain delivery vehicles in order to meet compliance requirements.
* Ensure that drivers meet all required legal responsibilities / conduct investigations with any short falls.
* Investigate all Road Traffic collisions, communicate with our Insurance provider & conduct briefings with HSSU driver concerned.
* Record all concerned Road Traffic Collisions and HSSU driver non-compliance to Nuffield Health RADAR reporting system
* Ensure continuation of driver CPC training is upheld throughout a 5-year period.
* Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory and organisational policies, procedures, and systems, including Health and Safety, Quality, Hygiene, Infection Prevention and take appropriate action where necessary
As a Lead Driver, you will have:
* A full and clean driving licence (preferably clean - either C1 or pre 1997 licence)
* Driver Certificate of Competence (Driver CPC)
* Demonstrable relevant experience working within a logistics function, including experience of digital tachographs
* Drivers Hours Legislation knowledge
* Focuses positively and constructively to meet customer requirements.
* Participates in self-development in order to improve work performance.
* Communicates appropriately and effectively with customers and colleagues.
* Respects and supports colleagues.
* Ensures own work is done correctly and recognises the impact on the organisation
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. These include:
Private Healthcare (after qualifying period) option to add family members, free gym membership & discounted family memberships, full uniform and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Paid holiday entitlement with additional paid wellness days. Enhanced pay rates, nighttime rates between 7pm & 7am and overtime rates after 37.5hrs. Free onsite parking, CPC required top up hours provided, no multi drop work (max 5 customers with 7.5-ton vehicle) and driving new Mercedes Benz trucks with tail lifts. There are no requirements for nights away from home. Opportunities for career progression and annual salary reviews.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.
It starts with you.
Contract type - Permanent
Reference - JR0083931
REWARDS & BENEFITS
Helping you be and feel your best.
25 days + Bank Holidays, increasing to 27 days after 5 years and to 30 days after 10 years of service.
Nuffield Health Healthcare Plan
Membership is free for employees and you can add partner and dependants at your own cost.
Financial Wellbeing
A range of employee benefits through a Financial Wellbeing provider – including affordable loans repaid through salary, access to your pay when you need it, simple savings, a government Help to Save scheme and money insights.
Cycle to Work Scheme
Save money, get fit and reduce your carbon footprint by taking advantage of this tax-efficient scheme to get a new bike.
Free membership to any Nuffield Health gym, plus discounted memberships for family members.
Online GP
Discounted access to secure video and telephone GP consultations and a suite of healthcare management tools, provided by digital healthcare company Doctor Care Anywhere.
Access to our Emotional Wellbeing services and discounted virtual, telephone, and face-to-face treatment.
Season Ticket Loan
Spread the cost of your annual travel ticket and save money with our interest-free Season Ticket Loan benefit.
About the Company
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare charity; we offer a large range of benefits to our employees. Our Hospital Sterile Services Unit (HSSU) transports sterile and disinfected surgical equipment to our local hospital network.
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